The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-21 00:00:00

Established 1837. B RITANNIALIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict. cap. 9. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. BONNEVS SILKS A LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or Manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said too be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy f such an assertion is ex pos _d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manutacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon e Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-,2arden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opora nights in each week, viz., every Monday , Tue sda y , Th u rsday, and Sat%rday. Subscription Night, in lieu of Saturday, August 6. Third Appearance of Signior Wachte in 11 Trovatore. Third Appearance of Mademoiselle uestinn. This Evening (Thursday , . April 21, will be performed Verdi's opera, IL TItOVATORE. Leonora, Mdlle. Auto nietta Fricci ; Inez, Mdlle. Anese ; Azucena, Mdlle. Des inn ; 11 Conte di Luna, Signor Co onese , his second appearance in Eng and ; Fernandez, Signor Tagliafico ; Ruiz, Signoror Lucchesi; Un Zingaco, Signor Rosj. ; and illanrico, Sign WacUtel. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre t+ta Is, 10s. M., 75., and 55. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes , stalls , and tickets may be ch had at the box-office under the portico of the tnealre. whi is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. ------- HEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOO. Mr. G. Belmore. L Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emint it irtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy, Mr. A ddiso,,, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, M isr. t*. Edmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, H . Neville ;Ms Edith Wynne, M ss Rose Leelercq, ,ind Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 21, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. i othern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, Sze. ; Mesdames Angel , Lindley, Hill, Harris, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton Wm. Farrell, Coe, &c. ; es dames Louise Keeley, Snowden,, ellyN Yower, Hill, Wright,r Itogers, To conclude with TURN IN Gnc THE TABLES. Comme at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with, 24th time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR. AND AT TICS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATR E. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER 'I HE FAIR : Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A tter which, at Eight o'clock, the 137th Night of BEL DEHONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle •." Principal characters by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, .7,ollett, Sims ; Miss Nate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for plabills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. MR. FECHTER. begs to announce that the whole profits of the First Night's Representa ion of Hamlet will be divided between the NATIONAL SHAK- S PEARE COMMITTEE and the DRAMATIC COLLEGE SCHOOLS FUND. Mr. FECHTER'S indisposition pre venting the production of Hamlet on the Evenin , l of he 23d, the LYCEUM THEATRE will be closed that night. • fTEW THE A FRE-R0 YAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, and Miss K.Kelly. At 8, LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss if. Simms and Mrs. Ifillingrton. To conclude with T EIE AREA BELLE Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, It. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. . thwigs he has indirectly elicited a formal contradic. ,ou from the French EMPEROR'S Government hrough the columns of the Moniteur, A formal contradiction, that is, of the rumours (originated solely by Mr. GLADSTONE'S interference) about the EMPEROR having required the virtual extradition of GARIBALDI from England, as a preliminary to the participation by France n this Dano-German Conference here in London ! And not only that contradiction of the statements put forth in this idle rumour, that explicit contradiction of these statements in behalf of his Majesty NAPOLEON 111. in the columns of the Moniteur, but other contradictions here among ourselves in both Houses of Parliament by divers of Mr. GLADSTONE'S nwn Ministerial col. esgues in the Government! The Prime Minister's denial of the truth of these reports in the House of Com mons! Denials of them equally emphatic in the House of Lords by that new member of the Cabinet, the Earl of CLARENDON, ostensibly mere Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, but in reality travelling Envoy Extraordinary ! A statesman who is prepared at any moment to open negotiations of the utmost delicacy, at any crisis in our foreign policy that may arise, now with this Sovereign, now with hat, just as the occasion of the moment may seem the most urgently to require ! Not only has Mr. GLADSTONE'S vexatious over zeal in the matter of GARIBALDI'S health, moreover, carried this confu sion into the councils of the Allied Governments, compelling the Moniteur to speak out plainly in the name of the EMPEROR'S Government, obliging the Prime Minister of England to do the like in the House of Commons, and constraining the Earl of CLARENDON, similaily, in the House of Lords, but— outside these higher circles in France and England, there imperial, here ministerial—what confusion has he not caused, is he not still causing, for that matter, this Marplot-Right Honourable, this Busybody-Chancellor of the Exchequer! Setting the very surgeons by the ears in direct contradiction of each other Professor FEE GUSSON and Dr. BASILE telling tales the most different that well could be about GARIBALDI'S health. It is all nonsense, we believe, as to the precarious state of that health being the one sole reason for GARIBALDI'S departure being thus sud denly precipitated. We are as certain, in our own minds, that it is just as preposterous to regard that as the one sole reason, as it is, as it ever has been, to look upon this abrupt change in the plans laid down for GARIBALDI as attributable in any way to an underhand arrangement between the French and English Governments. The latter proposition was, indeed, altogether too ridiculous from the very first mention of it to be seriously argued for one single moment. And so, with the utmost possible respect for the highest professional opinion in the land, we are firmly convinced that the reported ill-health of GARIBALDI offers no sufficient explanation for his hasty departure. In order to recognise the fallacy of which rumours, it is only necessary, indeed, to glance at the man himself. Crippled he is by the after effects of that bullet-wound in his foot the wound caused not by a French, but by an Italian, bullet. But as to his health—well, look at him ! Within the last day or two he is stated to have de clared himself up to any exertion of the kind supposed to be before him, until Mr. GLADSTONE thus officiously interposed between the Hero and the Hero-Worshippers! Read what GARIBALDI'S own surgeon, Dr. BASILE, says of his patient's capabilities for whatever ex ertion in this way might have been required. How ever—the over-zealous Minister of the Crown, here referred to, the one who must needs interfere in the matter (as if it concerned him in the least !) has thought otherwise. And so it has suddenly fallen out that Mr. SEELY and the Duke of SUTHERLAND, and the rest of the more pro minent among the band of Hero Worshippers, have had their pet plans interfered with all of a sudden most vexatiously. The transformation of things in this way being so sudden and so strange upon the face of it all—seeing that the mover in the whole matter (the mover in it, moreover, thus, on the sly), is no other than a Cabinet Minister, and a Cabinet Mi nister too, as important as the Right Hon. the Chan cellor of the Exchequer the transformation of things has been 80 sudden, we repeat, end so strange—that constructions the most sinister, open oat of it all, on both sides of the Channel, and, for a moment, fairly overshadow the two Governments! Why can't they leave it alone? —these public man, eaten up with over zeal—men like Mr. STANSFELD, Mr. LOWE, and Mr. GLAD - STONE, Ministers of the Crown, big and little, good, bad, and indifferent. MI SS BATEMA N.-L E A 11.-THth EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden until further notice. In order ,o give due effect to this most remarkable succes4 of the season, endre , y new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Uanson and r ons, and Thompson. New dr, saes and appointments have be. n prepared for its production.—N. rt. In consequence of the messing and numerous applications at the Isox-offt :e, ar -,ingements have now been •nacle by which Seats m y be ob a Fortnight in Advan , e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. after which, the l'a cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. MLses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; Mes dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &a Commence at'. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Re-engagement of those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. _The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. F. Robinson and Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, the THEEsuessul new Comedy b L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled SILVER LINING: bin Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and 'Sias A. Cottrell Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26s. per ton. Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 255• 19 Nut 5........ l9s. „ Thep 228. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, P4ddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. rrIHE THtftl) EDITION OF " rHE SUN," 1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan he had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NETTS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. Again the bombardment of Sonderborg has been thrust upon the attention of the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Again has Lord RUSSELL returned a most unsatisfactory reply to the very natural and pertinent inquiry addressed to him by the Earl of MaLeassußY. He admits, it is true, now that the affair has become the common talk of the day, that the Prussians have acted with unwarrantable barbarity, he even goes so far as to declare that the conduct of his revered and cherished allies " must remain under the reprobation of civilised nations," but along with this more decided and straightforward denunciation comes the morti fying admission that the English Government has taken no official steps in the natter ! Such a con-. fession comes with a very bad grace from the mini ster who, a short time since, when pressed for in formation on the subject, declared he would not trust to the accuracy of casual reports, but would wait for regular official intelligence. It now ap pears that such official intelligence is not to be granted to an ally held so cheap as England. Prus sia, the spoiled favourite of our Foreign Office, is not in a humour to submit to remonstrances, and lectures especially when the glory of the heroic slaughter of women, children, and wounded is fresh upon her. Lord MALXESBURY, in his brief resume of the matter, reminded the House that the German papers pretended that there were an arsenal and 1 manufactories, or stores of arms in the unfortunate little town. It is extremely improbable that they were not better informed. Thanks to that admix ture of the German element in the Danish popula tion which has given rise to all these complications, the invaders are, without doubt, pretty accurately acquainted with the military arrangements of the other side. But even admitting this pretext as an excuse for the bombardment, it offers no miti gation whatever to the cruelty of withholding the customary notice. According to all the accsunts received from private sources,as well as the more public channels of intelligence, the twenty four hours' warning to nen-combatants, which it is the recognised practice of all civilised nations to give, was entirely omitted, and a more general notice of the possibility of each an event was given some time before. The Prussians apparently are not ambitious of being reckoned among civilised nations, since one important alga of civilisation has always been that it softens the horrors of war, that it shrinks from the brutality, the cruelty, the mean advantage over an enemy which darken the hostili ties of savage nations, and bids brave men and sagacious generals hold honour above success. Our friends of Berlin, however, are trouble by no such scruples. They have not changed f r the better since the days when, as the Earl 0 DERBY the other night reminded ue, the inh inanity and 'UM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1864. Lave not the foresight to acknowledge when they are in the wrong, nor the grace to admit that they have been grossly deceived. It is not enough to adroit tacitly that the wrong has been done; we want something more explicit, more downright, and more hearty and honest in its tone. The reply of the Attorney-General to Lord H. CECIL was cer tainly about as strange a thing in its way as any thing that we can remember. Tire noble lord has taken up this question with the zeal end assiduity which have greatly distinguished him this session in all matters of moment. He made his inquiries in a decided and straightforwai d style, and he certainly was not met in a kindred spirit. The Attorney-General made a most confused and ram bling statement, which did not appear to have any cohereLcy or consistency in it at all, He began by informing the House that when he used the word " unquestionable" regarding the said document, he only meant that as he had never heard anything to contravene its accuracy, he concluded it to be a genuine document. It cannot be surprising to anyone who reads the debate to notice that some laughter was excited by the avowal of the Attorney- General that, "in his simplicity," he came to the foregoing conclusion. To arrive at this opinion, however, some very remarkable phases had to be gone through. In the first place he did not hear any suggestion touching the authenticity of the document, then lee was ignorant of the form in which such documents are presented to Congress, and, lastly he was not aware that an opinion had been expressed against its validity. Such ignorance and such credulity continued come very strangely from one of the legal profession, to say the least of it. It must appear also that it is not the way to be successful in discriminating facts to take ail asser• tions for granted on one side, and not to heed any adverse opinions on the other. After so unpropi tious an experiment the Attorney-General had better change his tactics on the next occasion. It is not very creditable to the character of our Go vernment that they have not discernment enough to detect an imposition toned upon them by the instrumentality of the moat unworthy motives, and it says little for their public spirit that they cannot resent such an injury when it is inflicted on them. If they really were imposed upon it seems extra. o rdinary that they cannot denounce those who palmed the fraudulent emanation upon them ; it car. scarcely be that their infatuation has reached to such a point that they prefer to bo the willing vic tims of falsehood rather than the independent states. men who cast aside all political predilections, and party prejudices, in order that the majesty of truth may be vindicated, and right and reason reign supreme. The Weather--Sun Office, April 21, 1864.: THERMOM ETER. This day at Two o'clock 65 Barometer-30.01. Wind—E, ; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAL—Morning, lh. 44.n.—Afternoon, lb. 56m. ro-uoßftow.-Morning, 2h. 16m.—Afternoon, 2a, 32m. AUIT, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1864. " Why can't you leave it alone ?" Lord MEL BOURNE'S famous nonchalant expostulation with his over-busy colleagues ! Pas de zele ! Prince TALLEYRAND'S advice to the young diplomatist ! - What a pity it is that one or another of her MAJESTY'S Ministers won't, apparently can't for te life of them, lay those homely little scraps of wisdom well to heart ! Lay them to heart, and act "Pon them! Why can't they leave it alone ? Why will they have so much superfluous zeal ? Earl ItussELL, for example, over his everlasting despatch-writing ! Why can't he leave it alone ? Ir. Low - again, perpetually, or, as ANASTASIA PIPER would have it, " repeatually'' worritting those unfortunate School l nspectors! Mr. STANS YELD continually b usy ing himself, not only with M. :`.llaziNi's friendship, but even with his extremely Private Corre,pondence! And now—to say nothing at all about other Members of the Administration— here is Mr. GLADS'rONE, not,this time, a mere Junior Lord cf the Admiralty, but, recollect, really and truly L Minister of the Crown, one of the Cabinet Mini sters—here is the Iti s ;ht Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer over-zealot: o y busyi ng himself about the Health of GARIBAL DI ; carr ying all sorts of confusion into the arrangements of GARIBALDI by his obtrusive interference about GARIBALDI'S health ; becoming a very Marplot, the truest type of your political busybody, between General GARIBALDI and the great mass of the English people, great andsmall, metropolitan and provincial, old and young, rich and poor, men and women, who are going out of their minds with excitement about GARIBALDI ! Why, in the name of fortune, could not Mr. GLADSTONE just leave it alone ? By his ridiculous interference, what has he not done— , what has he not already elicited? Amon; other vandalism of the Prusstans occasioned so much trouble to our own Duke of WELLINGTON. The Iron Duke took part in a good many sieges, not without success, as the history of the Peninsular War will testify ; but it remains to be discovered that he made war on women and children, or that he considered that the shelling of hospitals, or the slaughter of wounded men, added much to his laurels. We should not have envied the ally or coadjutor who performed such a feat by his side _ . , but if Prussians are made of the same stern stuff in these degenerate days, Englishmen, it seems, are not. Lord MALMESBURY, while deprecating un- necessary despatches, only expressed the feelings of the country, when he declared it to be the duty of her MAJESTY'S Government to state, in most posi tive terms, their sentiments with regard to the conduct of the Prussian army at Sonderborg, and therefore he asked Earl RUSSELL whether he had received any answer to the despatch which he said he had sent to Berlin on this subject. and what was Earl RUSSELL'S reply ? The despatch shrunk into a request to the English Ambassador at Berlin to ascertain, if possible, the facts of the case. The Ambassador communicated privately—not officially or personally—with the Prussian Minister. The Prussian Minister said he was not aware of the cir- cumstances, and objected to the inquiry on the ground that it was not usual for neutrals to examine into the proceedings of belligerents. He promised, however, that if an official inquiry were made he would give an answer. Lord RUSSELL, however, supposed that the answer would merely be a denial of the right of inquiry on the part of England, and "he had not directed any official communication t• be made in the matter." do this is the end of his virtuous indignation and lofty incredulity in the matter. He is forced to admit the full atrocity of the affair, and admits that it must remain under the reprobation of civilised nations, and yet he allows it to pass by virtually without protest. No record of English indignation will hereafter be found in the Blue-book—no straightforward and manly re monstrance has made itself heard by the Cabinet of Berlin. A mere roundabout, hesitating, timorous hint is all that has been done, and the first frown of the Prussian Minister has scattered the heroic re solves of the British Foreign-office in a moment. A single rough word or curt answer from Berlin puts a stop at once to the flow of English eloquence, Let the matter be quickly hukked up—let us say no more about it. The Prussians are displeased at our interference already. It will not do to receive a public rebuff; let the dead rest ; we can do no more. This is the language of our Foreign Secretary— this is the proud part which England is made to play—this is the result of the exercise of that .‘ moral influence" of which we hoar so much. Is such a state of things in accordance with the feel■ ings and wishes of the people? Does Earl RUSSELL fitly represent the honour and interest of the Eng lish nation ? If he did, the objection of neutrality would soon be silenced, for the popular indignation would have spoken through the cannon's mouth, and the shells that fired the hospitals of Sonderborg would not have been the only implements of war. But in truth no war was needed. Lord RUSSELL'S despatches would have been less carelessly tossed aside had their remonstrances been pointed by an English fleet in the Baltic. A few plain wards would have sufficed had they told the same story abroad and at home, in the English Parliament and in the communications of the Ambassador at Berlin. But inconsistency is always weak, and it is well if it is nothing worse. As it is, it will be well if hereafter " the reprobation of civilised nations" does not extend itself to the Power which with every opportunity for beneficent interference, stood hesitating by, afraid to act, afraid even heartily to remonstrate while the feelings of our common humanity were outraged, and cruelty was added to injustice, There seems to be a Nemesis watching over the Ministry. Shaky as was their position and critical their fortunes at the commencement of the Session, the most direful prophet of evil could hardly have foretold more complete failures, and more humiliate ing defeats than have been sustained by the occu pants of the Treasury benches since the opening of the Parliamentary campaign. Defeat after defeat has appeared in the lista of the divisions, and one after another most awkward disclosures are made, and very inconvenient revelations take place. It seems as if it were destined that Ministers should run the gauntlet of all the disagreeable tests to which their most bitter opponents may have wished to subject their course of action and mode of pro cedure. Abut as awkward a mischance as any that have occurred is that which has lately been made public concerning the true nature of the charge against the Confederate Government last year, to which so much importance was attached at the time, and out of which so much political capita l was made by ruthless and unsarupulous adversaries. It is seldom that so glaring an instance of deceit is made manifest ; and it is most degrading to the re putation of our Statesmen and the honour of our country that the Foreign Secretary should have suffered himself to be so taken in. Perhaps the wish was ftther to the thought ; perhaps the news was welcome to him, and the tidings congenial to his spirit, that bade him as a wise Minister and prudent diplomatist redouble his efforts and renew his energies in the cause of suppression to the feel ings of interest everywhere displayed in this country with respect to the Confederates. Be this as it may, nothing can excuse or extenuate his false security and fatal delusion. He ought to have been more on the alert, to have employed more fitting agents to inquire into particulars, to have interposed more delays in the execution of his plans dependent on the decision formed respecting the validity of the alleged communication. Earl RUSSELL may be acquitted of all but over credulity and yielding to the impressions of prejudice, but so lenient a judgment cannot be awarded to those authorities on the other side cf the Atlantic who have so committed and compromised themselves in the matter. Their work has recoiled on themselves. Instead of fixing a stigma on their enemies, they have covered themselves with disgrace, and alienated from their aids many who believed in the purity of their motives and the uprightness of their cause. To circulate a forgery is about as suicidal an act as can well be perpetrated by those who affects the great and glorious qualities that send heroes to the field and crowd the council board with patriots. In all times such an act has been considered the ne plus ultra of coward y concoction and malignant artifice. In one of his descriptive pieces that paint character with such matchless skill and marvellous precision, Sir WALTER SCOTT has made the bold representative of the noble and chivalrous house of DOUGLAS ex claim— " A letter forged St. Jude to speed ; Did ever knight so foul a deed 2" This is just the estimate that must be formed of such a transaction by any who reverence truth or esteem justice ; and it needs not the fire of olden days, nor the martial ardour of the stirring times of yore, to wake up indignation for such Etna act. The more plain and pi o3aie times of th© present can rally acknowledge and adequately repttdiate the paltry and cowardly conduct that permits the base ignoble deed. It if: , a pity that our Government GARIBALDI AND MAZZINI. On Sunday last General Garibaldi, accompanied by his secretary, Signor Guerzoni, took lunch at the house of the distinguished Russian exile, M. Alexandre Herzen, at Teddington. A select party of English and foreign friends were assembled to meet him, amongst whom were Signor Saffi, Prince Dolgoroukon, Signor Mordini, a member of the Italian Parliament, &c. Joseph Mazzini was also present. A luncheon had been prepared, at the conclusion of whieh Mazzini rose and proposed the health of Qeneral CxAribaldi in the following words : " My toast will include all that is dear to us all, those things for which we have fought and striven. I drink to the liberty of the peoples; to the association of the peoples ; to the man who is the living incarnation of these great ideas, Joseph Garibaldi ; to that poor, sacred heroic, Poland whose sons have been silently fighting and dying for liberty for more than a year ; to that young Russia, whose device is land and liberty—new Russia,that will at no distant day hold out a sister's hand to Poland, acknowledge her equality and independence, and cancel the remembrance of the Rus sia of the Czar; to those Russians who, with our friend Herzen at theft head, have most wrought end laboured towards the creation of this new Russia; to that religion of duty which will give us strength to strive, and to devote ourselves, even unto death, for the realisation of these ideas." The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Garibaldi rose and said : "I am about to make a declaration which I ought to have made long ago. There is a man amongst us here who has rendered the greatest services to our country, and to the cause of liberty. When I was a young man, having nought but aspirations towards the good, I sought for one able to act as the guide and counsellor of my young years. I sought such a man even as he who is athirst seeking the spring. I found this man. Healone watched when all ariund him slept. He alone fed the sacred dame. He has ever re mained my friend—ever as full of love for his country and of devotion to the cause of liberty. Thts man is 'Joseph Mazzini. Jo my friend and teacher!" The General afterwards rose a second time and said " Mszkini has uttered some words with regard to un happy Poland, to which I adhere with all my heart, Now let us drink to that young Russia that suffers, struggles, and shall triumph like ourselves, and is destined to play a noble and important part in Europe." _ After this, raising his glass for the last time, Garibaldi drank — "To that free England, whose generous hospitality and noble and fruitful sympathy have won from all oppressed peoples so large a debt of gratitude and affection," THE PERSIAN GULF TELEGRAPH.—Advices have been received from Sir Charles Bright an nouncing the entire completion of the Persian gulf cable on the 27th of March. The line was working excellently through its whole length. The laud-line between the head of the gulf and Bagdad is not yet completed. IRISH PRISONS.—From the report of Mr. Con-, nellan, Inspector-General of Prisons, it appears that the total number of commitals to the City of Dublin Female Prison last year was 6.325. Of these 2,230 were drunkards, 283 vagrants, and 45 lunatics. The rest were criminals of various classes, and they were 500 more than in the previous year, while the drunkards increased in nearly the same proportion. The average daily num ber in Grange Gorman Female Prison during the year was 225. The average number in daily custody in the Richmond Bridewoll, the prison for males, was 277, the number for 1862 being 255. But the criminal convictions were less than in the previous years. The Board of Superintendence of City of Dublin Prisons re• mark, in their report, that the state of this prison must be regarded as satisfactory evidence of the progressive im• provement in the moral and social condition of the city, notwithstanding the severe trials through which the coun try has passed during the last three years of general dis tress. The Board consider that the extension of licensed beerhouses has had a most pernicious effect on the morals of the lower orders, The Board strongly deprecate the law which imposes on Dublin the support of lunatics belonging to other parts of Ireland. There has been a much larger number of committals to Grange Germ in Female Prison, which is accounted for by the number of dissolute charac • tem, The city prisons cost about £12,000 a year, Garibaldi's Immediate Departure, In accordance with the promise mada last evening General Garibaldi has given his best consideration co the wishes of a great body of his friend 3, with respect to the prolongation of his stay in England, and this morning he intimated that the arrange ments made for his departure would be adhered to, and that he would leave England as he had already decided. A deputation from Newcastle, consisting of the Mayor, Thomas Hedley, RA., J. Cowen, Esq., sen., J. Cowen, RA., jun., Mr. H. Bagnall, Mr. J. A. Cowan, and others waited on General Garibaldi this morning. Mr. COWEN said the people of Newcastle would greatly regret the change of his plans, as they had looked forward to his visit to Tyneside with the greatest pleasure. They had come from Newcastle to urge him to alter his plans, but in tha event of his not doing so, then they were o present the addresses of whioh they were the bearers. The GENERAL, in reply, said he had a lively re. collection of the extreme kindness he had expe rienced on the occasion of his former visit to Newcastle. He hoped to be enabled to return to this country in a short time, when he would certainly visit Newcastle. He reminded the deputation that he still possessed the sword and telescope presented to him by the people of Newcastle, and that their gifts had been his companion in all his campaigns. The deputation then took leave of him, exa pressing the best wishes for the preservation of his health, Garibaldi and Pius IX, As everything in any way relating ft) General Garibaldi is just now matter of the liveliest in- terest to the great mass of our fellow -countrymen, we are tempted to give the following remarkable document, addressed by him on the 12th October. 1847, to a Nuncio of the Pope, bugging him to transmit to his Holiness his own good wishes and those of his companions in arms. it is certainly a historical curiosity : " Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord, from the moment when we heard the news of the exaltation of the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX., and of the amnesty which he granted to the poor proseripts, we have with an ever increasing atten- ion and interest counted the steps of the Supremo [lead of the Cnurch on the road .of glory and of ,betty. " The praises, the echo of which have reached even beyond the seas, the delirium of joy with which Italy receives the meeting of her Deputies, and applauds them, the wise concessions made with regard to the press, the institution of the Civic Guard, the impulse given to popular instruction and to industry (not to speak of all that has been done to better the poorer classes and to form a new ad ministration), all, in a word, has convinced us that at last, from the bosom of our country, there has come a man who, understanding the want of his age, has known, according to the precepts of our august religion (precepts which are ever new and yet immortal), and without derogating from their authority, has notwith standing bent to the wants of the times; and although these forward steps were taken without our help, yet we have followed them from afar, and we have accompanied with our plaudits and our prayers the universal concert of Italy and all Christendom; but when a few days ago we heard of the sacrilegious attempt, by meins of which a faction, fomented and held by the stranger—not yet tired after so long a time of tearing our poor country to pieces—resolved to overthrow the exist ing state of things, it has seemed to us that mere admiration and enthusiasm for Pius IX. are too weak a tribute, and that a graater duty is imposed upon us. " W® who write to you, most Illustrious and most Reverend Lard, are they, who animated by the same spirit which has caused us not to shrink from exile, have taken up arms at Monte Video fora cause which appeared to us to be jast, hoping to find days less troubled than those we have spent in our own country. "Five years have passed, and during the siege of this city, every one of us has alike shown proof of resignation and courage ; and, thanks to Providence and to that old spirit which still warms our Italian blood, our Legion has had the opportunity of distinguishing itself, and every time that this oppor tunity was presented, well, I can say it without vanity, it surprised all other rival corps. "If to day these arms of ours which are not un used to warfare be accepted by his Holiness, it is useless to say that, more volunteers than ever, we will consecrate them to the sAvice of Him who has done so much for our country and our Church. "Happy we who can come to the aid of the redeeming work of Pius IX., we and our compa nions, in the name of whom we speak, and we do not think it too dear if in this cause we shed all our blood. "If your illustrious and reverend lordship thinks that our offer would be agreeable to the Sovereign Pontiff, lay it at the foot of his throne. "it is not in childish presumption that we think our arms are wanted, that we have made the offer. We know too well that the throne of St. Peter rests upon bases which can never be overthrown nor weakened by human power. . . But as the work ought to be divided among the good, and the bard work given to the strong, do us the honour to count us among them. " Meanwhile, we thank Providence for having preserved his Hoinea from the machinations of dei tristi,' and we offer up heavenly prayers that God may grant him many years for the happiness of Christendom cad " It only remains for us to beg your Illustrious and Reverend Lordship to pardon the trouble we have given you, and to believe in the profound respect with which we are, " Moat Illustrious and Rev. Lord, " Your devoted servants, " G. GARIBALDI. " ST. ANZANI. " Monte Video, Oct. 12, 1847." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE FALL OF DUPPEL. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 19, 10.30 A.M. Alter a violent bombardment during the night of the 17th,inst., which was renewed with still greater violence at dlybreak, our redoubts were almost entirely demoiii•hed. Redoubts Nos. 4,5, 6, having been taken a retreat commenced. But the attack was then so fierce that the reserve could not hold its ground, and retreated with great loss. General Duplat was severely wounded and taken prisoner. The Ganeral, second i❑ command, was also taken prisoner. The greater portion of the first brigade is mies ing, and scarcely one-half of the 3th fell back in safety. The retreat of the right wing was in com parison effected more favourably, but also with great loss. The force occupying the tete du pont held it, even after oar batteries had bee❑ dismantled, until the army had reached the laind of Alsen. 100 dead and 800 wounded were conveyed to the Island of Alsen. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 18, 6.25 p.m. The Danish army is on the Island of Alsen. The bridges are destroyed. A severe artillery engage- ment continues. The Danish loss is great, especially in officers. EONDERBURG, APRIL 19, 9 a.m. No change has take❑ place in the position o affairs since yesterday evening. A few shots only fell during the night. VIENNA, APRIL 20. The Wanderer publishes news from Jassy an nouncing that General Kotzebue, the commandant of Odessa, had received orders from St. Petersburg to enter Moldavia under certain circumstances. A Russian officer communicated three orders to the Roumain Commandant. Great excitement was caused by the intelligence. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 21. The South-Western Company's steamer Nor manby, which Bailed hence during the night with the mails and passengers for the Channel Islands, came into collision with the steamer Bavaria, bound or this port. The accident occurred about two miles down the river. The Bavaria sustained no damage bsyond a slight puncture of one of her plates ; the Normanby sustained considerable damage, the Bavaria's star board bow having struck her port quarter, carrying away that portion of the ship. A part of the dick was torn up, and the davits and part of the saloon carried away. Slight injuries were rveived by some of the Normanby's passengers. The mails and passengers have been sent on by the company's steamer Dispatch. SANTO DOMINGO. MADRID, APRIL 20. The Spanish Government is making preparations for the speedy pacification of Santo Domingo. General Gandara is confident of this being accomplished, and is on the point of setting out for Manilla with all the available troops. j (9.11 A 13,4, HER MAJESTY. -4- WINDSOR CASTLE, April 20. The Qaeen drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by Lady Augusta Stanley and the Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty drove i❑ the grounds this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, and attended by Lidy Augusta Stanley. The Qacen, their Royal Hignnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prin cess Beatrice, lett Windsor Castle this afternoon at a quarter before four o'clock for Osborne. The suite in attendance were Viscountess Tocelyv, the lion. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Major-General Seymour, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, and Mr. Buff. PORT:.INIOUTII, April 20. Her Mjesty and the royal family arrived at the Clarence-yard this afternoon, and proceeded to Osborne at half•pest six o'clock. Departure of Her Majesty for Osborne. WINDSOR, Wednesday Evening. This afternoon, at a quarter to four o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and st•ended by Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Miss Cithcart, Col. Sir T. M. Biddulph, Col. the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, and Major- General Seymour, left Windsor Castle and drove to the Great Western station on the way to Osborne. Her Mr , jesty. and the royal family were seated in two carriage 3 drawn by white and light grey horses,. while the pages in attendance wore their scarl et liveries with a mourning band round the arm. Her Majesty, whose health has improved within the last day or so, was in mourning, and wore her widow's cap, the Queen's sombre attire off.2ring very marked contrast to that of the princesses. It was noticed as a pleasing incident that her Majesty', who had graciously returned the loyal though silent salutations of the spectators while seated in the saloon waiting the departure of the train, did not withdraw herself from the gaze of the bystanders , as has often been her custom on these occasions. Her Majesty and the prince and princesses were condu,lnd to the state ealoon of the train, which was provided by the South Western Rail way Com pany, atd in a few minutes it was on its way to Basingstoke, which was reached at five o'clook. Here the train, which had been under the charge of Mr. Kelly, of the Great Western Railway Com pany, was handed ever to Mr. Godson, superinten dent of the South Western line, by which the remainder of the journey was performed. fhe Queen will remain at Osborne for about three weeks, and will then return to Windsor for day or so, after which a trip will be made toßalmoral. General Garibaldi at the Reform Club, (THIS DAY.) This morning the General breakfasted at the Reform Club, where a large ?arty of members as sembled. The entertainment Tassed off s atisfactorily, and later in the afternoon the gallant General left town for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, in order to partake of luncheon with the E Arl and Countess Russell, and a distinguished crole of the aristocracy. The General this evening dines with the Fish mongers' Company, at their magniflont hall, near London Bridge. The following protest w:is yesterdaY signed by between 40 and 50 members of the Reform Club:— ENTERTAINMENT TO GENERAL The undersigned beg respectfully to protest against the entertainment to be given to General Garibaldi at the Reform Club, for the following reasons 1. That the public reception of General Garibaldi as a guest at any political club must, in the n ature of the case, be a political demonstration of approval of his principles as a public man, and as a citizen of his own state and country. 2. That the objects of the Reform C lub, as originally c o nstituted, were politi ca l on ly i n referenc e to the constitu tion of this kingdom ; and that the app li ca tion of these principles to foreign Countries opens a wide field for diffe rence of opinion, and that, by consequence, the conduct of General Garibaldi in reference to Italy and other countries is entirely beyond the province of the Reform Club, as such, to approve or condemn. 3. That waiving all technical questions of the rules by which the Administrative Committee are bound, the under signed aro of opinion that the committee, knowing that the contemplated testimonial would give offence to a large minority of the club, would have euown more consideration and right feeling in refusing to lend the name of the club to such a demonstration as is intended, 4. That, in a society comprising,. amongst ite members many Catholics, any pubtic testimonial rendered to General Garibaldi is an offence to their feelings of religious honour and fidelity, The arran ge ments of the c ommittee ap p ointed to THE CITY ARRANGEM ENTS YESTERDAY. carry into effect the vote of the Common Council i v usui for the p resen tation of the fr eedom of the city to General Garibaldi appeac to have been characterised vit hvery theiry peremptoryal °33P le t e ness. The committee were their orders to the police n e i u about excluding all persons without tickets, yet in the face of this they actually omitted to send the necessary vouchers to the whole of the General's suite, and the result was that Menotti Gaii• baidi, the General's eldest son, was unfor tunately refused admission to the hall in consequence of not possessing the required bit of pasteboard ! When the General received the gold box containing tho freedom, he looked around for his snu Menotti, to whom he intended to have delivered it, but instead of being in his place by his fatl.2r's side, he was hopelessly trying to persuade the police-constable outside the building to allow him admission, s urrounded by a not very orderly mob. The representatives of the daily press who were not favoured with a ticket of admission to the ceremony have now, at all events, the grati. fication of knowing that they were not the only persons who experienced the same treatment at the hands of the committee. THE CONE ERENCE.—Some of the members of the Conference mat at the Official Residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street, yesterday ; but, owing to the absence of M. de Beust, the next meeting was ad journed until Monday neat. FRANCE. A letter from Brussels states that the enlist ments for VA Belgian Guard for Mexico go on but slowly in that city. Pamphlets have been pub lished on the occasion to show that those enrol ments are a violation of the neutrality of Belgium. Austrian recruits have, it is said, come forward in great numbers. The Lyons journals announce the death of M. Gerard, director of the park of the Tete-d'Or, caused by the bite of a venomous fly. He was bitten on Wednesday and died on Saturday. Cardinal de Bonald, who had been detained for some days at Marseilles by a slight indisposition, has arrived at Lyons. The Brussels journals mention the arrival of the Duke de Brabant in that city, Dn his return from Paris and Nice. BOURSE, April 20.—The market has become rather heavy> Threes, for the Account, which opened at a slight improvement on yesterday's closing rates, have since receded, and are now at 67fr. 30e. Mobilier last quoted at 1,262 fr. 50c. Railway Market also dull, and with a trifling fall on some of the lines. The quotations closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 7 5 Italian Loan ,9 80 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 80 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 15 Do. end month — Credit M0biber....1225 Russian Do. end month.... tlustrian Bank Shares 3305 Spanish Threes.... Credit 1! oncier l3OO dome Debt ...... 50 Roman fiA IL WA Ye. Cash. Account. 892 50 ~ 897 50 980 .. 980 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 955 .. 950 New ditto 9OO .. Southern 667 50 .. 672 50 Western Eastern ......... .., 485 .. 485 Sardinian 375 .. 372 50 Austrian Loirbard . North of Spain Saragossa 575 .. 580 Ditto to Barcelona THE MIST COAST OF .AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, April 21. The mail _steamer Armenian, with the West African mails, arrived at Liverpool this morning. Her dates are Benin, February 24; Fernando Po. 29; Cameroons, March 1 ; Old Calabar, 2; Brass River, 4; Bonny, 7; Lagos, 7; Accra, 12; Cape Coast Castle, 14; Cape Palmas, 16; Sierra Leone, 24 ; Bathurst, 28 ; Teneriffe, April 8 ; Madeira, 10 She brings 583 oz. of gold dust, 10,914 dols., 1,247 sovereigns, 6,655 francs, rand 25 passengers. The Confederate steamer Florida and the Federal eruizer St. Louis were at Madeira on the Bth; but the St. Louie sailed 24 hours before the Florida. There is little news of importance from the Rivers, SOUTHAMPTON, April 21. The steamer Tagus, lately belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, which sailed hence yesterday fur Glasgow, has returned, having broken down. The biddings for £300,000 in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro portions alloted were, to Calcutta £160,000, to Bom bay £llO,OOO, and to Madras £19,900, The mini mum price was, its before, ls. Hid. per rupee on Calcutta and Madras, and ls. Hid. on Bombay. The applications within the limits amounted to £1,670,t/00. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at ls. 11Ad. will receive about 63 per cent., on Bom bay at 2a. Old. about 41 per cent., and all above these prices in full. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Night.—The coxswain of the New Brighton life boat of the National Institution reports as follows : "At 3 15 p.m. yesterday, during Equally weather, saw a bark on Taylor's Bank, mustered crew of nine hands, and proceeded with the tubular lifeboat of the institution under canvas, Reached the vessel at 430 p found her very leaky and badly strained. She proved to be the bark Core, of Guernsey, 400 tons, with 11 hands and a pilot on board. The crew asked us to stay by them and assist their vessel off, which took place about 730 p.m. Vessel making fivt feet of water per hour. Assisted crew in working pump and getting warps to tug boats. The lifeboat's crew re mained on board at the pumps until we got the vessel safely on the gridiron in Liverpool at 11 p.m. Departure of the King of the Belgians. his Majesty the King of the Belgians lett Dover five minutes past ten yesterday morning, embarking front the Admiralty pier, for Ostend, in the Belgian Government steamer Diamond, which was (wean panied by the Topaze, belonging to the same GC' verninent. His Majasty was received most entha• siastically at the pier, and as the vessel left. A &lard of honour of the 38th Regiment, with band and colours, was in attendance, and lined the way from the Lord Warden Hotel (where his Majesty had slept) to the pier ; and, as the Kingembarked, a salute was fired from a battery on the heights. General Da , zell, commander of the district, and General Ellis, commandant of Dover garrison, were in attendance ; as well as Commander Bence, R.N., the newly-appointed naval superintendent at Dover, and Captain Triscott, the late superintendent. The Earl of Caithness, IMEjor Du Plat, the Belgian Minister (M. Van a-, Weyer), and Sir Edward Cast (comptroller of the Kit3o s household in this country), were also in attendance at the embarkation. They had travelled with his Majesty to Dover on Tuesday, and returned to town by the South-Eestern express train. Prince Alfred. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell and Lieut. Haig, arrived at Sand• ringham Hall on Tuesday evening from London The journey down was managed quite privately, and between London and Lynn there was no know ledge of the royal visitor except at Cambridge, where his royal highness was recognised as he was walking along the platform; but the respect and, loyalty that was evidently felt did not manifest itself in any obtrusive demonstrations. The train arrived at King's Lynn at 8.30, and here the visit had somehow or other become known, for about 1 00 enthusiastic persons attempted to get a glimpse of the Sailor Prince, but were kept off the premises till just as the "special'' which was to convey the royal party to Wolftertou was about leaving the platform, when they forced the gates and reached the platform, but only to see the cariiage co.ntain ing the prince pass away. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Meck' lenburg,-Strelitz has arrived from Germany to. join the C-rand Duchess on a visit to her Royal Highbesa th e Duc,'2ess of Cambridge, at Cambridge Cottage, Kew. Hi s . Highness the Prince Lowenstein and suite have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, fro° Berlin. The Duchess of Manchester has left town to join the duke at Kimbolton etude. The duke and duchoo come to town next week. for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough were not present at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday nib lll9 as erroneously stated. The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained th e Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and Lady A.gneta Yorke the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord and Lady John Manners,' Lord and Lady Robert Cecil, Lord Ravensworth, Viscount Hood, Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns, Hon. Seymour EgertoO' Col. Hon. W. P. Talbot, Col. H. Bathurst, Hon. F. A' Stanley, and Mr. Wilbraham at dinner yesterday evenia at their mansion in St. James's-square. 'Die Countess of Jersey bee arrived in town frog ) a continental tour. The Eirl of Bantry has arrived at Thomas's Hotel from Iralad. A telegram from Greece states that the fears of damage to the crops of currants by the late severe we a re unfounded, and that the v i n es now p resent a valf healthy appearance. THE FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. -- " the 58th anniversary or this society was celcbrato d last evening by a dinner at the L ondon Tavern. The Duet of Cambridge was in the ch air, and was supported by abo o 15C gentlemen, the great majority of whom were foreiglierS% The objects of the institution are to g rant relief to indigeo foreigners residing in Englan d without distinction of collE try and religion, especially to those who are not entitled t° parochial aid, and to furnish the means to those who nutY be desirous of doing so of returning to their native land' Among the subscribers to the charity are numbered several persons of different professions, as well f ifl. many members of other institutions of a similar cli v , racier. Independen t of p ecuniar y aid, medical and leggih assistance are provided through the instrumentality of t 1 soc i e ty free of expense, and by its action hundreds ,vl iu "° had become entirely destitute have been enabled to em ployment. The great major it y of the Suvereigas ° Europe are patrons of the ins titution, and an annual 931); scr iption of £lOO testifies the intereet which her INlt 3 je' t " feels in its fortunes. The Prince and Princess of W' lle°' as well as her Royal Highness the Duchess of G 4 ' 3l f b r idge, are contributors to its funds—the PriDCOSS 14 ° Wales having not many months after her arriviil this country, forwarded a donation of seventy gaii'e!, ' to he applied to the obje cts which it seeks to pre 11,°'' The Chairman, in proposing the toast of " Prosperi 111 the Society," last evening dwelt upon the benefits As hic k it was calculated to confer on deserving persons who we r e d a strange land, at a dist ance iron their native shores? stated its income to be £ 1,012, exclusive of the procer,dtt 8 the anniversary festival , b enefactions, interest on a:t ,l3 4 , 0 , posited with bankers, and on e or two other sources ot ft meet. The expenditure , he added, was L 3,261, w hich le c t he institution at the comme ncement of the present ith a deficit of £95 2s , efly owing to the disburse" w ments made during last w 7d inter chi f o r casual relie f. That de. ficiency he trusted the generosity of the friends of 1 -% society would enable the directors to meet. A liberal sub. =cription was announced towards the closo of the proceleue, Lugs as the result of his Royal Highness's appeal. 5. ec , lions of music were performed during dinner, and the ie bars to s of the Vocal Association , under the diraction of IA D.u. Benedict, subsequently contributed their harmony of the proceedings.